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1) Take me on
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Abandoning kickboxing after a tragedy in the ring, champion fighter Haley is forced to train an attractive mixed martial arts student who secretly fights on Haley's behalf to redeem his troubled past.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
"Raymie Clarke has a plan. Two days ago, her father left home with a dental hygienist. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with Louisiana Elefante, who has a show-business background, and Beverly Tapinski, who's determined to sabotage...
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Language
English
Description
At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
Author
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
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Description
When she agrees to meet with Jasmine as a peer counselor at their middle school, Antonia never dreams that this girl with the black lipstick and pierced eyebrow will end up helping her deal with the serious problems she faces at home and become a good friend.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
HL 650L
Language
English
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Description
When wealthy, seemingly perfect Brittany and Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, develop a relationship after Alex discovers that Brittany is not exactly who she seems to be, they must face the disapproval of their schoolmates--and others.
8) Peaches
Author
Series
Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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Description
Three teenaged girls from very different backgrounds, thrown together to pick peaches in a Georgia orchard, spend a summer in pursuit of the right boy, the truest of friends, and the perfect peach.
9) Doll bones
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Description
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
10) The lonely
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (280 pages)
Language
English
Description
Mentally ill Easter Deetz is trapped beneath a boulder in the woods, where she is forced to confront her traumatic memories, resentment toward her relatives, and her inability to separate hallucinations from reality.
Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 2
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
12) Fatal charm
Author
Series
Seer volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Feeling torn between two boys and growing more resentful of her father's hidden past, teenaged psychic Sabine witnesses a gruesome murder while using astral projection to spy on her secret half-sister Jade.
13) Learning to fall
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Daphne spends a vacation with her estranged father, whom she has not seen in years, and the pair bond over their love of skateboarding.
15) Between
Author
Lexile measure
HL 620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound.
16) Gorgeous
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ninth-grader Allison has always been the least attractive among her sisters, but when she allows the devil to possess her cell phone in exchange for appearing to be gorgeous, she must confront the power and deceptiveness of appearances.
17) Twisted
Author
Lexile measure
HL 680L
Language
English
Description
After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
18) Burn
Author
Publisher
Flux
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (251 pages)
Language
English
Description
The best thing to do for someone who thinks he's lost his whole life is to make him feel like it's been given back to him. That's why I can do this. Fire can fix it." William Tucker always does the right thing. He excels at high school, works at the grocery store, passes out bulletins at his father's church, and still finds time to fight fires as the newest volunteer firefighter in Coosa Creek, Alabama. But no matter how many good deeds William does,...
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Series
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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Description
After surviving sixth grade, Rafe expects seventh grade to be a fun zone because he has been accepted to art school in the big city, but when he discovers it is more competitive than he expected, he sets out to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art.